Manchester Buddhist Centre

Part of the Triratna Buddhist Community

Manchester Buddhist Centre is part of the Triratna Buddhist Community, formerly the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order or FWBO.

Each Buddhist Centre in the Triratna Buddhist Community is fin­an­cially and leg­ally independent.

• What is the sangha?

How we run the Buddhist Centre

• Who runs the Centre?
• The Centre is a registered char­ity (regis­tra­tion no. 514937). More inform­a­tion in our entry on the Charity Commission website

Giving

We sur­vive on dona­tions and con­tri­bu­tions. We have a large group of volun­teers who sup­port us by work­ing in a vari­ety of ways.

Mission state­ment from our char­it­able registration

The advance­ment of the Buddhist reli­gion, in particular:

1. To encour­age mem­bers and oth­ers to live in accord­ance with the teach­ings of the Buddha
2. To sup­port ordained mem­bers of the Triratna Buddhist Order and other duly ordained Buddhists at the dis­cre­tion of the Council of Manchester Buddhist Centre
3. To main­tain close com­mu­nic­a­tion with, and work under the guid­ance of, the Triratna Buddhist Order and in co-operation with other groups with the same objects
4. To use applic­a­tions of the Buddha’s teach­ing to pro­mote the health and well-being of all